The terrible things that the Governor <br />Of Kansas says alarm me; <br />And yet somehow we won the war <br />In spite of the Regular Army. <br /> <br />The things they say of the old N.G. <br />Are bitter and cruel and hard; <br />And yet we walloped the enemy <br />In spite of the National Guard. <br /> <br />Too late, too late, was our work begun; <br />Too late were our forces sent; <br />And yet we smeared the horrible Hun <br />In spite of the President. <br /> <br />"What a frightful flivver this Baker is!" <br />Cried many a senator; <br />And yet we handed the Kaiser his <br />In spite of the Sec. of War. <br /> <br />A sadly incompetent, sinful crew <br />Is that of the recent fight; <br />And yet we put it across, we do, <br />In spite of a lot of spite.<br /><br />Franklin P. Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/despite/
